Too close for comfort

It's not even December 1 and I'm already feeling panic! I've made some mods to my Christmas knitting list:

Name	Gift	Yarn	Progress
Molly	Pink Earflap Hat	Knitpicks Mainline	0%
Dad	Cal Pride Socks	Cascase 220	35%
Lex	Ruffles Scarf	NEED YARN	0%
Matt	Merino Socks	Knitpicks Gloss	0%
Kaci	My So-Called Scarf	Manos Del Uruguay	85%
Arden	Red Earflap Hat	Knitpicks Mainline	DONE!
Gage	Mittens	Knitpicks Mainline	DONE!
Garet	Mittens	Knitpicks Mainline	0%

In the meantime....

She grows!

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On an unrelated note, I had to share a funny story from lunch earlier today. I went to my favorite crack sandwich shop, and was standing there in line minding my own damn business. Now, I work at a University so I am used to seeing "interesting" people on a daily basis, but this dude comes in behind me, looking like a cross between Mark Cohen from RENT and a hobo (PS - while searching on Wikipedia, I learned something new about my name). So anyway, Mark the Hobo preceeded to push my "personal space" line to the limit the entire time, including getting close enough to look into my purse while I was paying for the crack sandwich. The people who work there all know me, and were laughing as we were partaking in that game of "I take one step away, you take two closer". It was beyond weird.

Speaking of weird.

How many times have you showed up at a party of 20 that was BYOB and seen this much tequila on the counter?

(I would also like to point out this party was at my mom's house. And that there is a handle bottle of the same crap missing - where could it have gone?)


I see TNB has been hitting it hard....

Reason #398 Not To Knit When Drunk

See that third twist? That would be Saturday night about 10pm and 3 glasses on wine in.

DAMMIT!

But let me distract you with the yumminess of Rowan Cashsoft


(No you aren't seeing things. This used to exist in a different, sh*ttier yarn. I threw it away and started over.)

Happy, Shiny, and New

I'm an auntie for the 2nd time!

Molly Gene
November 17th, 2006; 4-something PM
6 lbs, 4 ounces

But I'll be damned, I forgot to take a picture of the finished baby sweater before gifting it away. Hopefully I'll have a photo of her in it soon!

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Stash enhancements:

1) Knit Picks Gloss, for some socks for Matt, and Andean Silk, for a scarf for Alexis

2) Knit Picks Totem, one of the weird sale yarns that showed up on the website about a month ago. This stuff seems like it will be awesome to knit something with. It seems very sturdy, yet is super-soft from the Modal. I bought enough for a sweater and it cost less than 30$. Someday, when I finish one of the 8 billion projects I have started, I'll swatch this and give a full report.

Not So Easy Sunday

This weekend we decieded to go do some Wine Tasting on the local wine trail. Our friend Peter had just fixed up his Vintage Bentley so off we went in style.




F-No has really stepped it up with the quality of wine in the region. Mariposa was defintiely my favorite - I like every single wine we tried there - one, the Cru label Pinot Noir, gave any wine I had ever tried in Napa a run for their money. Chateau Lasgoity (pronounced Las-Coy-Tea) also had some great wines - one of which was a 5$ magnum of white zin (Zin Rose) that might have been the best I've ever had. Seriously! Both Matt and his brother bought one.

We then had a fabulous dinner at a place downtown called Veni Vidi Vici. SUPER under-rated. As you can tell, I hated my dinner. It was awful.


Mushroom Ravioli with Sausage in a balsamic-cream sauce. I am now on a mission to re-create the sauce ASAP.

We also thought it was a great idea, since you know, it was SUNDAY, to drink Martini's and wine like it was nobody's business.


That's Matt's brother, Adam. He's single and looking, ladies! After a couple of those bad boys, I was definitely hurting on Monday morning. Maybe because right before we left the restaurant I looked like this:


My sister told the waiter I knit my sweater. I didn't. I bought it for $14 at Nordstrom Rack. But I went along with it anyways.

GOOD TIMES!

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Weekend Knitting:
1) Lady Eleanor (Making a fast break for the finish line!)
2) Ball-band Dishcloth for a housewarming party this weekend (and Viva looking very guilty of something!)
3)Nighty from MDK

Also on the needles:

• Cal Pride Socks for Dad
• My So-Called Scarf for Kaci
• A-Line Jacket's Final Sleeve
• Hedera Knee Socks (--> The yarn is Rowan 4ply Cotton - I think Jen asked in the comments on the last post <--)
• Hourglass Pullover
• Brea Bag
  

So, SO SAD!

Hedera Knees, On The Road Part 1

hedera knees 1

Courtesy of Flickr.com, my desk at work, overhead lighting, and a new camera phone!

Something is Not Right With the World

First off - has anyone else seen this? Lion Brand goes natural? 40$ a hank? Am I seeing this straight or is the Sierra Nevada from last night still messing with me? So many questions....

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Knitting progress on this blog has been slow because I am working on about 10 things, in rotation, therefore making so little progress it's not even worth showing.

It looks a little something like this:

Lady Elenor	-->	Aline Cardi
/\ | |	Christmas Knitting!!!	| | \/
Knee Socks	<--	Hourglass Sweater

Speaking of knee socks.... New Project! Hedera from Knitty, knee-legnth (with some mods), in 4ply Cotton



Christmas Scarves are also being knitted in the car, while at stop lights and stuck in the unbelieveable surface-street traffic jams.

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Of course, it's a bit hard to focus on the Christmas Knittng, when our days still look like this (shots of Viva and the Patio Garden are thrown in for effect)